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4.1.13. Design capable of interconnecting with other cable systems in the Franchise Area as set forth in Section 4.2 below. 4.1.14. Facilities and equipment at the headend shall allow the Franchisee to transmit or cablecast signals in substantially the form received, without substantial alteration or deterioration. For example, the headend should include equipment that will transmit color video signals received at the headend in color, stereo audio signals received at the headend in stereo, and a signal received with a secondary audio track with both audio tracks. Similarly, all closed - captioned programming retransmitted over the Cable System shall include the closed- captioned signal in a manner that renders that signal available to Subscriber equipment used to decode the captioning. 4.1.15. The System shall be capable of transmitting in high definition any Channels that are received in high-definition format. Actual carriage of any such high-definition Channels will be at the Franchisee's sole discretion. 4.1.16. The System shall provide adequate security provisions in its Subscriber site equipment to permit parental control over the use of Cable Services on the System. Such equipment shall at a minimum offer as an option that a Person or governmental entity ordering programming must provide a personal identification number or other means provided by the Franchisee only to a Subscriber. Provided, however, that the Franchisee shall bear no responsibility for the exercise of parental controls and shall incur no liability for any Subscriber's or viewer's exercise or failure to exercise such controls. 4.1.17. The provision of additional Channels, increased Channel capacity, and/or upgrades of any kind to the Cable System is solely within the control and discretion of the Franchisee. 4.1.18. With the exception of any PEG Channels and subject to applicable law, all content and programming of Cable Services, including the mix, level, and/or quality of such content and programming, remains in the sole discretion of the Franchisee. 4.1.19. The Cable System must conform to or exceed all applicable FCC technical performance standards, as amended from time to time, and any other future applicable technical performance standards, which the City is permitted by a change in law to enforce, and shall substantially conform in material respects to applicable provisions of the following standards and regulations to the extent such standards and regulations remain in effect and are consistent with accepted industry procedures: 4.1.19.1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Standards; 4.1.19.2. National Electrical Code;